Eastern Mennonite Missions
Philip Gottschalk serves as a missionary at Eastern Mennonite Missions, focusing on refugee ministry with Ukrainian refugees since September 2022. Prior to this role, Philip has been a professor at Tyndale Theological Seminary. Educational credentials include a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Russian Religious Philosophy from KU Leuven, earned between May 1997 and September 2004, a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in the same field from KU Leuven (September 1995 - May 1997), a Master of Divinity (MDiv) in Mission & Evangelism from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (August 1980 - May 1984), and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Russian from Penn State University (August 1977 - August 1980).
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Eastern Mennonite Missions
Today, the Western church seems to be caught in an irresolvable tension between being appealing while also being a disciplined and discipling community. While we affirm the church's desire to be warm and welcoming, we also desire a church community capable of confronting principalities and powers; a community that serves as an effective witness to God’s vision to transform all things. This vision, and our own experiences with Christ’s transforming love, carry us into three tiers of work, as expressed in our mission statement: Christ’s transforming love compels us to cross cultures engage the world and make disciples of Jesus